The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo (1935)

Fleeing post revolutionary Russia, a Russian prince (Ronald Colman) is currently working as a taxi cab driver in Monaco. When he makes a killing at a Monte Carlo casino, the owners of the casino want their money back. So they attempt to lure him back to the casino but he's not interested. Enter a beautiful blonde (Joan Bennett). Based on the play by Ilya Surgutchoff and Frederick Albert and directed by Stephen Roberts (STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE). A rather wan romantic comedy that needs to sparkle like champagne (or at the very least, a Coca Cola) to work but what we get is a tepid cup of lukewarm tea. Nothing much really happens so a movie like this needs really charming lead actors in its lead roles. Colman was always his best in his brooding roles like A TALE OF TWO CITIES rather than light romcoms and while I adore Joan Bennett, she's surprisingly enervating here. With Colin Clive, Nigel Bruce, Lynn Bari, Montagu Love and Frank Reicher.